Anisah Qausher discusses the damage of internet culture on modern dating and pushes us to love authentically, not for the content consumption of others.
Tag: relationships
Maneater: why the ‘femme fatale’ is more destructive than empowering
Bethan Draycott debunks the myths surrounding the “feminist” femme fatale, questioning – is she really a symbol of female empowerment or a social rejection of it?
Do two halves make a whole?
Bethan Draycott discusses the societal dependency on romance, and how we should rethink it.
Nice to Meet You, I’m (Still) a Slut! Season Finale
In the final instalment of her weekly column, Alice Garnett provides some personal life updates and signs off as the author of Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!
‘Are you… ya know?’
Ellee Su writes about her own experiences of coming out, and how her attitude towards the process has changed.
The ‘ick’: are we being unreasonable?
I was walking with a friend recently when she pointed out a man wearing sandals with jeans. “That gives me the ick”, she said. This was the start of her so-called “ick list”, which consisted of gems such as “when a man is rude to his mum”, or the arguably less valid “using an escalator” Read More…
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: A Rough Guide to BDSM
CW: consent, BDSM BDSM: bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism – a fun little acronym for “spicing things up in the bedroom” (if you err on the side of euphemism). Let me begin by gently reminding you that BDSM is more than just gear; there’s more to it than floggers, cuffs, rope, Read More…
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: An Ode to Boundaries
Many of us will be familiar with the concept of ‘drawing boundaries’ – with friends, family, or partners – in acts of self-preservation. Therapists will lecture you on the importance of boundaries and how we, as adults, are responsible for creating them as well as adhering to them. But it’s all so much easier said Read More…
We Accept The Love We Think We Deserve
Khadijah Ali re-evaluates the way in which we ought to approach the love we witness in literature and the media coming to the conclusion that turning our gaze inwards might be the best approach.
Nice To Meet You, I’m A Slut!: Ask Me Anything!
How do you figure out if you want to be casual or serious in relationships, or stay entirely single? Ah, yes, the age old question; we stare despairingly at ourselves in the mirror and demand to know “WHAT DO YOU WANT?”. With choices as limited as they are at the moment, it is even more Read More…